Liverpool turn to EA Sports president Peter Moore for chief executive role

Club announce appointment after Three-1 defeat by way of Leicester City. Moore to exchange the departing Ian Ayre .

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Liverpool have introduced the appointment of Peter Moore as their chief executive to substitute the departing Ian Ayre.

The 61-year-old is recently chief festival officer at Electronic Arts, primarily based within the United States, and can take in his new role in June, reporting at once to the membership’s house owners Fenway Sports Group.

Moore has spent just about 10 years at EA, the place he has been chief running officer and president of EA Sports.

He has prior to now held senior roles with Microsoft, SEGA and Reebok. He holds a point from Keele University in Staffordshire and a grasp’s level from California State University.

Ayre leaves his publish on Tuesday, having made up our minds to leave 3 months forward of time table. He will turn into the German 2d department membership 1860 Munich’s common supervisor in the summertime.